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Dr. Hugo H. van der Molen - Wederikweg 114 - 9753 AE Haren, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)50 534 8795; email: [email protected]

Value Capital Limited
Incorporated in the commonwealth of the Bahama Islands under the Companies act in 1971; bearer Warrant no. V 1813 for 5 shares of 1 c (US currency); see 5 by 5 cm vignette, blue border; facsimile signature of vice president Marvin H. Hoffman; coupon sheet attached, price: 50 Euro.

Belgium
Banque de l'Union Bruxelloise SA
consitué en 1921 à Bruxelles; Action au porteur, donnant droit a un cent Millième de lÁvoir social, Bruxelles, 1924; size 22 by 33 cm.; 2 original signatures; dark green decorative border and texts on light green field, EF, unfolded, price 10 Euro.

L'Africaine, Banque d'Etudes et d'Entreprises Coloniales, SA, Bruxelles, established in 1898, Action de Capital de 100 Fr au porteur, Extraordinary beautiful Jugendstil design: in blue colour, graceful woman standing on globe, waving Belgian flag, god Mercury of the trade as a young black man, elephant teeth lying around, landscape and sea. VF/EF, no folds, few wrinkles, a beauty to frame !, price 98 Euro.

Compagnie Financière Belgo-Chinoise (Belgo-Chinese Investment Company) S.A.
Established 7-1-1926, Brussels, Belgium, Action de Capital de 50 $ Chinois au porteur; Brussels, 31-3-1926; print: Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, NL, orange Dutch tax stamp and 2 black Belgian tax stamps; very decorative piece in green, red and blue; border with bugs, fish and cocks as ornaments as well as Jing/Yang symbol, see picture, rare piece, never put at auction according to the GET catalogue. coupons attached, 2 of which were cut, EF. almost UNC, 250 Euro.

Compagnie Nationale Financière SA, constitué 14-10-1898 a Bruxelles, Cap. Soc 10 million Fr, Action de Capital de 100 Fr au porteur, black and red tax stamps, Brussels, 1901, beautiful black decorative border and texts on grey pattern, Lith: Du Messager de Bruxelles, 25 Euro.

Coöperatieve Rabobanken
Zeldzame SPECIMEN uit de geruimde archieven van drukkerij De Bussy Ellerman Harms, Amsterdam.
Afm. 21 bij 30 cm, conditie UNC (drukfris), met oranje-zwart logo van de Rabo Bank: lopende man op zonnewijzer;
6% kasbons (blauwe sierrand) en 5% kasbons (rode sierand):
Coöperatieve Rabobank Baarle -Nassau, gev. te Baarle-Nassau (B), (enclave in N.Br.): 5% kasbon (prijs € 25) en 6% kasbon (prijs € 50).

Credit Foncier d'Extreme-Orient, established in Brussels in 1907, 1 ordinary share of 250 Fr., with coupons no. 27 - 44 attached, green border, unfolded, imprimerie "protecto" SA, Brussels, EF, 1946, price: 12 Euro.

Trust Colonial, S.A.
Bruxelles 1899, Large illustrations of 2 elegant ladies, Mercurius attributes, world map and Jugendstil border decoration. Nice to frame.
---------- Action de Capital, red design and text, VF/EF: 35 Euro; VF 25 Euro
---------- Action de Dividende, blue design and text, VF, 35 Euro

Canada
The North Saskatchewan Land Company, Montreal, Dominion of Canada, 10 shares, 1911, blue border no. C 1160, print: Burrup Mathieson & Sprague, Ltd. London, vignette: sitting before grain field and forest with train: 3 Greek Gods: Hermes (of the trade), Demeter (of agriculture) and Euterpe, one of the 9 Muses, playing the flute.Unfolded, VF +, 120 Euro.

IOS-Investors Overseas Services,
Toronto, Canada, 1970, bearer share warrants for a varying number of shares, with facsimile signature of president Bernie Cornfield, vignette: lady with bare breasts, long hair waving in the wind, holding Hermes staff (caduceus), sitting in front of a harbour and factories, leaning on a globe, withh couponsheet attached,:
IOS was the infamous mutual fund of Bernie Cornfield, that ended in a scam: many persons lost most or all of their invested money.
---------- warrant for odd shares, dark brown border, no coupons,75 Euro.
---------- warrant for 1 share, brown border, 1969, VF+: 75 Euro.
---------- warrant for 10 shares, green border, 1969, EF, price 75 Euro; VF, with minor faults in upper border: price 55 Euro.
---------- warrant for 50 shares, dark grey border, 1969, EF, price 75 Euro.

Capital Growth Company S.A.,
Certificates (ca. 20 x 30 cm) of preferred shares with a 3 by 6 cm Vignette in gold relief print of a 3-master sail ship.
This investment company may be the successor of Capital Growth Fund, registered in the Bahamas under New providence Securities Ltd.

I sometimes receive questions of persons who inherited or bought shares in this company and want to know if they still have any economic value. I don't think they have and that mr. Mc. Alpin, who signed the certificates as president, has deceived his investors.

Anyone who knows more about this company is requested to inform me, in order that that I can answer those who wrote to me. See our separate page for more information on this company and related ones.

I take it that these certificates are now just collector's items, especially because of their beautiful sailship, printed in gold relief. The following certificates are for sale, all in unfolded and perfect condition. They all have the golden vignette; only the border colour and number of shares differ. Price differences reflect availability.
------- 1 share, green, July 19th1971, price 20 Euro
------- 5 shares, ocre, July 19th 1971. price 25 Euro
------- 10 shares, brown, July 19th 1971, price 25 Euro
------- 25 shares, blue, July 19th 1971, price 25 Euro
----- 100 shares, purple, July 19th 1971, sold out

Copenhagen Handelsbank A/S, Inhaber-Optionsschein voor aandelen, nominaal Dkr 1000, lilabruin, Kopenhagen, december 1985, UNC, price f 50 = 23 Euro

Dutch Antilles / Nederlandse Antillen
Investors Overseas Services - IOS, Incorporated under the laws of Canada, Curacao depositary receipt to bearer, title of 10 depositary shares, each representing 1 share of common stock, Curacao, Dutch Antilles, 1969, green border on grey field, white imprinted control seal and black printed tax seal, coupon sheet; engraving: De Bussy Ellerman Harms, Amsterdam; EF, 14 Euro.
Het beleggingsimperium van Bernie Cornfield spatte als een zeepbel uitelkaar en veroorzaakte een groot schandaal.
IOS was the infamous mutual fund of Bernie Cornfield, that ended in a scam.

Unisteam Investments, St Nicolaas, Aruba, bearer share of F 1000, blue border, print Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, unfolded, EF,price: 45 Euro.

Egypt
Crédit Foncier Egyptien
Lettre de Confirmation de vente d'une obligation (mésures: 24 par 31 cm.), Emission 1903, au prix de P.T. 1600; issue par F. Biglio & Co.; cadre brun, mais texte et 2 vignettes en vert; une vignette d'une Sirène et l'autre d'une Spinx; condition F (mauvais); trous d'archives, petits tires, bordres irregulières; prix 35 €.

Europe
Duisenberg, Dr. Wim F.,
First president of the ECB, the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, before that president of the DNB, De Nederlandse Bank (Dutch national Bank) and before that Minister of Finance of The Netherlands.
Signature from 1975 on a white card, next to his cartoon, with accompanying letter (in Dutch) on blue official letter of the Ministry of Finance (with blue coat of arms of The Netherlands, with lion and crown) from his secretary J. C. van den Adel, to Ruth Bleyerveld in Apeldoorn: (in my translation into English) "Dear Ruth, in response to your letter of January 6th I enclose for you the signature of Minister Duisenberg. Friendly greetings".
The signature shows even after 27 years strong resemblance with his signature featuring on all Euro bank notes issued during his bank presidency.
price: 75 Euro.

Union Bank of Finland Ltd., Zertifikat über 6 Inhaber-Optionsscheine, roze, Helsinki, november 1986, UNC, price f 20 = 9 Euro.

France
Crédit Foncier Argentin, S.A.
Paris, 1920; action de 500 Fr au porteur; 33 by 26 cm.; brown decorative border and 22 by 4 cm. engraving of catle grazing and the harvesting of grain; coupon rests attached, EF+, unfolded, price 15 Euro

Crédit Foncier Continental, SA
Paris, 1928; Action de 100 Francs au porteur; Imp. de la Bourse et des Cies d'Assurances-Paris, black decorative border and text on green field; red tax stamp, EF, 15 Euro.

Crédit Foncier du Brésil et de l'Amérique du Sud, S.A.
Paris, 1928, action de 500 Fr; 33 by 21 cm; print: Richard, Paris; engraving: Henri Brauer; depicted are the almost nude god(des) Hermes (L.: Mercurius; Engl.: Mercury)a cherub with horn of affluence and Medusa, her hair full of snakes; Very decorative and a beauty to frame !; price 25 Euro.
From the former collection of beautiful women on stocks of Marc-Edouard Emay (nrs. 11 - 18) it becomes apparent that this design by Henri Brauer was used by at least 4 other companies.

Credit National SA, pour faciliter la reparation des dommages causes par la guerre, Paris, emprunt 1919, obligation de 500 Fr. au porteur, brun et jaune, large border with leaves and fruits, vignette with woman and Gallian cock and fruits, text: "Gallia superest", condition F, tears in lower border taped professionally, 25 Euro.

La Holding Francaise & Holding de France: Oustric's business buble that finally bursted.....read the story (in Dutch) by the famous stock market speculator Kostolany.

These 2 companies show the same logo on their stocks, but I don't know the exact relation between the two. Who can inform me ?

---------- Action ordinaire de Cent Francs au Porteur, Paris, 1928, red border on green field, with coupon sheet attached of which only one coupon has been cut. Measuring ca. 31 x 20,5 cm.
One year later the capital was -according to a stamp - raised from 25 million to 240 million Francs !
----------------- no. 213.879, price € 20
----------------- no. 387.734, price € 20
----------------- no. 213.878, price € 20
----------------- no. 249.480, price € 20

---------- Titre de 25 Actions Ordinaires de Cent Francs au Porteur, Paris, 1929, grey border on yellow field, with coupon sheet attached of which only one coupon has been cut. Measuring ca. 30,5 x 22 cm., Price € 50.

Kostolany, Andé (1986), Kostolanys Börsenseminar Für Kapitalanleger und Spekulanten, uitg. Econ Taschenbuch Verlag, ISBN 3-612-26235-1

Kostolany, André (1986), Kostolanys Beurskroniek voor Beleggers en Speculanten, uitg. Strengholt, 1986, ISBN 90-6010-657-1, 219 p.

Germany / Deutschland
Bayerischen-Hypotheken-und Wechsel-Bank (1835)
Brochure "Wissenswertes vom Pfandbrief" , Munchen, 1949; 14 bei 10 cm Buechlein (14 Seiten) mit "Wissenswertes vo Pfandbrief", mit farbige Photo (vorn und hinten) der " "Muendelsicherer 5% Hypothekenpfandbrief ueber 100 Deutsche Mark der Bayerischen Hypotheken-und Wechsel-Bank" aus 1949; Druck: Walter Koenig, Munchen 13, 45 Euro.

Deutsch-Niederlaendische Bank A.G., Düsseldorf,
----- august 1921, Aktie ueber 1000 mark, green with rose border, condition VF-F, but really not too bad, 500 Eu = f 1.100.
----- Maerz 1923, Aktie 1000 Mark, see picture, 30 Euro = f 66.

Duisenberg, Dr. Wim F.,
First president of the ECB, the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, before that president of the DNB, De Nederlandse Bank (Dutch national Bank) and before that Minister of Finance of The Netherlands.
Signature from 1975 on a white card, next to his cartoon, with accompanying letter (in Dutch) on blue official letter of the Ministry of Finance (with blue coat of arms of The Netherlands, with lion and crown) from his secretary J. C. van den Adel, to Ruth Bleyerveld in Apeldoorn: (in my translation into English) "Dear Ruth, in response to your letter of January 6th I enclose for you the signature of Minister Duisenberg. Friendly greetings".
The signature shows even after 27 years strong resemblance with his signature featuring on all Euro bank notes issued during his bank presidency.
price: 75 Euro.

Hugo Oppenheim & Sohn Nachf., Berliner privatbank A.G., Aktie 1000 Mark, Berlin, Dezember 1964, blue border on blue / beige field, Druck Giesche & Devrient, Muenchen, Stamped down to 600 DM in 1965, see picture, UNC, separate coupon sheet, 45 Euro.

Hungary
Belvarosi Takarekpenztar, 4,5% Reszveny Tarsasag 2000 Kronen, 12-3-1920, Budapest, Hungary; Pfandbrief Innerstadtischer Sparcassa; Lettre de Gage, Caisse d'Epargne de la Cite; black blue yellow, with coupons, text in German, French and Hungarian, blue tax stamp North Holland, 15 Euro.

Magyar Jelzálog-Hitelbank / Ungarische Hypotheken-Bank / Société de Crédit Foncier du Royaume de Hongrie
---------- 1884, 4% Prämien-Obligation auf ueberbringer, 100 Gulden, Budapest 1884, dark blue on light blue, size: 36 by 23 cm; Dutch wet tax stamp of 15 cents or wet stamp from Vienna;, price 10 Euro.
---------- 1911, Prämien-schein zur Prämien Obligation der Emission von 40 millionen 4%-ger Prämien-Obligationen vom 1 Juli 1884, black / grey; 20 by 29 cm, VF à EF: 2 light folds, 3 original signatures, wet tax stamps from The Netherlands and from Vienna, 25 Euro

Spain
Banco de Cartagena
Cartagena, Spain, 1900; Accion al Portador De Quinientas Pesetas (bearer share of 50 (?) Pesetas); Print by Arnoud - Lyon / Paris; 20 by 10 cm black engraving of the famous painting Mercurio y Argo (Mercury and Argus) by D. Velasquez (1599-1660); VF+: one faint middle fold with a 1 cm tear in left border (on the fold, but hardly visible; a few small wrinkles in left upper border); 125 Euro.
The picture shows the god Hermes (L: Mercury) drawing his sword in order to decapitate the shepard who guarded princes Io, who had been transformed into a white cow by Zeus (L: Jupiter). Read more about this fascinating myth !
When Velasquez was commissioned to do the interior decoration of the famous Alcazar palace, he made 4 paintings with mythological subjects. Only this painting was preserved, now hanging in the Prado museum in Madrid.

Switserland
The IOS Investment Program Certificate
with respect to a certificate for the:
ITT = International Investment Trust Capital Accumulation Program
sponsor and distributor: Investors Overseas Services Ltd. (Bahamas)
with blue facsimile signatures of chairman of the board, the infamous, Bernie Cornfield and of the treasurer, Norman P(?)alnick.; black decorative border, vignette of an eagle, embossed IOS seal; issued in Geneva (Switserland) in 1970; in liquidation since 1973; price 95 Euro.

Schweizerischer Bankverein, Inhaber-Optionsschein auf 7 Partipizipationsscheine, Basel, 1986, vignette: 3 keys of the city of Basel, UNC, 50 Euro.

United Kingdom of Great Britain / Engeland
London and St. Lawrence investment Co. Ltd.
United Kingdom, 1959; Certificate no 615 of 400 shares in the name of mrs. Hilda margaret langton of 98, Northwood Gardens, Ilford, essex; red decorative border and texts, embossed seal ; size: 25 by 29 cm.; condition VF: 1 cm brown stain, some staple holes; price: 25 Euro.

National Provincial Bank Ltd.
London, 1966; certificate of x shares in the name of Ingram Legge, liverpool; size 29,5 by 24 cm.; 7 by 4 cm. engraving of majestic bank premises; green border, print: Waterlow & Sons; 2 original signatures of director and registrar, price 75 Euro.
Founded in 1833 as a national bank with branches across England and Wales. It issued it's own banknotes. 250 branches in 1900; In 1970 merger with Westminster Bank to create National Westminster Bank. Read more about the bank's history.

Oriental Bank Corporation,
incorporated by Royal charter in 1851; Vignette: crowned lion, unicorn, crowned armour and text "Honi soit qui mal y pense" (motto of the order of the Knights of the Garter) and "Dieu et mon droit" (motto of the British Monarch). See text in Dutch and in English about the history of this bank
---------- share certificate no. 11202 à £ 25, 1851 (therefore 1st emission), with embossed seal, original signatures, in the name of Archibald Spens of the Bombay Civil Service Esquire, on the backside 7 times endorsed to someone else, size: 20 by 24,5 cm., condition: VF, see picture, price 195 Euro.
---------- share certificate no. 53607, à £ 25, 1865, embossed seal, in the name of Mary Henderson, original signature of chief manager Charles Stewart, condition VF +, size 18 by 21 cm., see picture, price 99 Euro.

Deonica, Kreditne Banke Beograd (Belgrade Credit bank)
Belgrade, 1990; share certificate with complete coupons attached, red, with 11 by 6 cm picture of the bank building, EF, unfolded, 25 Euro.

Homoljska Privredna Banka (Homolje Investment Bank)
Homole is a region in Serbia; the share certificates are beautifully decorated, also in gold print.
------ catalogue no. 341: 10 shares of 100 dinars in silver; catalogue indicative price: 75-100 Euro; our price: 75 Euro.
------ catalogue no. 340: 100 dinars in silver, catalogue indicative price: 75-100 Euro; our price: 75 Euro.

Leskovacka Stedionica (English: Leskovac Savings Bank)
share of 1000 ..., in a capital of 2 million, 30 by 19 cm, 1929, catalog no. 475; with pictures of god of the trade Hermes (=Mercury) and goddess of agriculture and fertility Demeter (+ Ceres), EF: unfolded, coupons attached, price 75 Euro.

PUCKE TRGOVINSKE BANKE "DIONICKO DRUSTO U. SPLITU (Peoples Trading Bank), Split, 1922, 1 share (= 1 Dionica), 400 Kr., large size (38 by 30 cm), brown on yellow with red and dark brown characters. 2 beautiful drawings by Tommaseo, of a woman and a man, see picture, 4 wet stamps, also over part of the drawing. VF, unfolded, but a few wrinkles at outer edge of upper border, 625 Euro.

Soko-Banjska Banka (English: Soko Banja Bank)
catalogue no. 710; 23 by 17 cm share certificate of 50 Dinars in silver (numbered between 747 and 964), Soko Banja, 1914; green with beautiful golden border lines and texts; 6 by 11 cm picture of 2 goddesses, one of them Demetre (L: Ceres), goddess of agriculture , holding a plough, a grain sheaf and a sickle, sitting under a small bee hive; a beauty to frame. 2001 Catalogue price indication: 40-50 Euro; our price 45 Euro.

Stara Pazova Bank - Staropazoska Banka
Stara Pazova, 1920, Serbia / Servië; share of 120 Krowns (Austria-Hungarian) = 40 Dinar, 3rd emission, print: Unie Praha; size: 36 by 24 cm.; 3 pictures in very decorative (Balkan Style) border: a town, a grain field and symbols of economy; yellow, Serbian catalogue no. 736, EF: unfolded, price 25 Euro.